• Miriam Delphin-Rittmon, Raquel Andres-Hyman, Elizabeth H Flanagan, Jose Ortiz, Mona M Amer, and Larry Davidson.
• Yale Program for Recovery and Community Health, Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, 319 Peck St., Building 1, New Haven, CT 06513, USA. miriam.delphin@yale.edu
• Psychiatr Serv. 2012 Jun 1; 63 (6): 612-5.

ObjectiveRacial-ethnic differences in referral source, diagnosis, and length of stay in substance abuse treatment were examined.MethodsData from 495 African Americans, 492 Hispanics, and 497 non-Hispanic whites were analyzed.ResultsHispanics were less likely than whites to be referred by crisis services; African Americans were more likely than other groups to be referred from criminal justice settings. At admission Hispanics and African Americans were more likely to have a drug use disorder, and whites were more likely to have an alcohol use disorder. Both African Americans and Hispanics were more likely than whites to have a cluster B personality disorder diagnosis at discharge. African Americans had longer stays than other groups.ConclusionsThe findings could be used to design interventions to reduce disparities in inpatient substance abuse treatment.

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